Chely Wright Quotes

• I am a gay, Christian, farm girl from Kansas who sang Country Music and I did the very best I could do - to know God and to share God.

  Chely Wright

  Girl, Christian, Country

  "Confessions of a Gay Christian Country Singer" by Chely Wright, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.

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• I hear the word 'tolerance'-tha t some people are trying to teach people to be tolerant of gays. I'm not satisfied with that word. I am gay, and I am not seeking to be 'tolerated'. One tolerates a toothache, rush-hour traffic, an annoying neighbor with a cluttered yard. I am not a negative to be tolerated.

  Chely Wright

  Gay, People, Tolerance

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• I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

  Chely Wright

  Dad, Player, Bass

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• I could kiss you in the rain forever
  Turn all your pain to pleasure
  Fill up all your days with sunlight
  Make the passion last every night
  Give you my every possesion
  Make you my only obsession
  Climb up to the sky and pull down all the stars above
  But I could never love you enough

  Chely Wright

  Country, Song, Stars

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• Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

  Chely Wright

  Humans, Creatures, Human Beings

  "The LikeMe Lighthouse: A New Beacon of Hope for Kansas City’s LGBT Residents" by Chely Wright, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 10, 2012.

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• I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows.

  Chely Wright

  Emotional, Scorpios, Lows

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• If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

  Chely Wright

  Country, Years, Done

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• In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.

  Chely Wright

  Christian, Home, Community

  "Confessions of a Gay Christian Country Singer" by Chely Wright, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.

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• As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn't achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being leveled upon me, I realized at the age of nine, that I was gay.

  Chely Wright

  Girl, Gay, Age

  "Confessions of a Gay Christian Country Singer" by Chely Wright, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.

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• I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?

  Chely Wright

  Life, Way, Knows

  Song: It Was, Album: Single White Female

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• Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible.

  Chely Wright

  Believe, Simple, Cities

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• I felt like a sinful person when I dated men and allowed them to feel for me in a way I knew I could never naturally feel for them. That felt wrong and a lie.

  Chely Wright

  Lying, Men, Way

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• I would like to say when I turn the project over to the label that I have been successful. And that's truly the way I feel. But, in addition to the self-pride in 'making' a good album, to be honest, I'd love to have a hit record!

  Chely Wright

  Pride, Successful, Self

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender!

  Chely Wright

  Country, Feelings, Desire

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.

  Chely Wright

  Song, People, Albums

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop.

  Chely Wright

  Voice, Sound, Littles

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• I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.

  Chely Wright

  Republican, Democrat, Humans

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• I've saved every dime I've made in my life.

  Chely Wright

  Life, Dimes, Made

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• I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.

  Chely Wright

  Artist, Thinking, Names

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• I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

  Chely Wright

  Jobs, Kids, House

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• All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

  Chely Wright

  Song, Writing, Play

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• I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young.

  Chely Wright

  Time, Ice Cream, Eating

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• I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.

  Chely Wright

  Relationship, Mother, Wish

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• I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.

  Chely Wright

  Music, Thinking, Important

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• I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.

  Chely Wright

  Writing, Grammy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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